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The ugly history behind the obscure law Trump is using for mass deportations

President Donald Trump has invoked an 18th-century wartime law to carry out a large-scale deportation operation.  As he promised on the campaign trail, Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to send hundreds of people with alleged Venezuelan gang ties to El Salvador, ignoring a court order blocking their deportations. The law, passed in 1798 as […]